Milk-can cover and cooler



(No Model.)

N, H. TERENS. MILK CAN COVER AND COOLER.

' No. 473,481. Patented A r. 26,.1s92.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS II. TERENS, OF MISHICOT, WISCONSIN.

MILK-CAN COVER AND COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 473,481, dated April 26, 1892.

Application filed May 14, 1891- Serial No. 392.680. (No model.)

T aZZ whom it may concern: ring L, constructed of sheet metal, to which is 5 Be it known that I, NICHOLAS II. TERENS, affixed a cylindrical perforated or wire-cloth of Mishicot, in the county of Manitowoc and screen M and a beveled or flanged top N, State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and preferably provided with a central aperture 5 useful Improvement in Milk-Can Covers and having a screw-threaded neck P, on which the Coolers, of which the following is a descripcap F may be turned. The flaring top N ex- 60 tion, reference being had to the accompanytends outwardly beyond the cylindricalscreen ing drawings, which are a part of this specifi- M, so as to carry off rain to such extent that cation. the drip therefrom will ordinarily fall on the to My invention relates to improvements in top B. I also advisably secure other flaring the cover of a milk-can. The can is such as rings R to the screen M at distances apart be- 65 is used for setting fresh milk for cooling it low the top N, which also serve as roofs to and for the cream to rise on it. carry off rain that might otherwise beat The object of my invention is to provide a against and pass through the screen into the r 5 cover adapted not only to serve to close the can. The eupola is secured to the cover detop of the milk-can, but also with an additachably'convenientlybylatchesSS, attached 7o tional device connected thereto and forming to the ring L, which take into the catches T a part of it, as a cooler permitting circulation T, secured to the top B. of air in the can and the escape of heated air Ordinarily when the eupola K is used on and vapors. the cover the aperture in the top of the cover In the drawings, Figure 1 shows afragment is left open; but in setting milk to be used for 75 of a milk-can with my improved cover as a cheese it is sometimes desirable to not cool cooler thereon. Fig. 2 is a central vertical the milk too rapidly while permitting the section of the same device shown in Fig. 1. limited escape of vapors and odors therefrom,

Fig. 3 is an under side view of my improved and for this'purpose the screen H may be cover. used on the neck E in connection with the 80 The milk-can A is constructed of sheet eupola thereon. metal, and is in the cylindrical form in com- WVhatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by nion use at creameries and among dairymen. Letters Patent, is

The cover is constructed principally of sheet 1. The combination of a milk-can cover metal and consists of the flaring and beveled provided with a central aperture, a ring sur- 85 top B, the outwardly-projecting flange C, and rounding said aperture, latches secured to the the rim or band D. The band D is of proper ring and having their free ends engaging size to fit easily in the top of the can A, and catches upon the cover, a cylindrical perfotheflange O rests on and projects slightly rated or wire-cloth screen secured to and proover the top of the can. This construcjecting above the ring, and a flaring top pro- 90 tion of the cover is adapted to prevent rain jectingadistance beyond the cylindrical wirefrom getting into the can about the edge of cloth, substantially as set forth. the cover when the can is used out of doors. 2. The combination of a milk-can cover The top B of the cover is provided with a cenhaving a central screw-threaded .neck, asuittral aperture, about whichisa screw-threaded able cap therefor, a cylindrical perforated or 9 5 neck E, integral with the top B. This neck E wire-cloth screen having a base-support suris adapted to receive removably thereon a rounding the neck, and a series of flaring screw-threaded cap F or a screw-threaded ring rings arranged exteriorly of the cylindrical provided with a wire-cloth screen H. screen, the upper one of the series forming a It will be understood that with the tight top or cover and provided with a projecting I00 cap F on the neck E the cover forms a tight screw-threaded neck to receive a suitable rain-excluding top for the can. The rigid cap, substantially as set forth. handles I serve for manipulating the cover. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in To adapt my improved cover to serve as a presence of two witnesses.

cooler, the cap F, is removed from the neck E NICHOLAS H. TERENS. and a ventilating chimney or eupola K is se- Witnesses: cured to the cover about and above the central F. HEYROTH, aperture therein. This eupola consists of a B. MUELLER. 

